Originally Posted by rudedog40
I'll ask AGAIN. If Clinton screwed up the military so bad, why hasn't Bush fixed it? He's had 8 years to do it, with a Congress to back him.
[Federal Register: May 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 94)]
[Notices]
[Page 27545-27546]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Preparation of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
(PEIS) for the Growth of the United States Army
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The President of the United States has directed the growth of
the United States Army. In an unpredictable and rapidly changing global
security environment, this directive is designed to ensure the Nation
has the ground forces necessary to meet its strategic security and
defense needs. These needs, as outlined in the National Security
Strategy, include the disruption of terrorist networks, the prevention
of nuclear proliferation, the support of peace and regional stability,
the denial of rogue Nation support to terrorist organizations, and the
promotion and advancement of democratic forms of government. The
President has determined that the implementation of these security
goals in the 21st century will require increased numbers of U.S. Army
forces to sustain the military operaitons required to support these
objectives. The Army, therefore, intends to prepare a PEIS to analyze
alternatives for executing the Presidentially directed growth required
to support the defense and security missions of the Nation in the 21st
century.
The Presidential decision directs the Army to add 74,200 active and
reserve component Soldiers to its total end strength. This growth
includes the addition of six Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) and the combat
support (CS) and combat service support (CSS) units required to support
them. In addition, the growth of the force will include ``right
sizing'' or rebalancing the Army force structure to add increaed
numbers of high demand critical skills which have been identified as
shortfalls. Military skills, such as military police, engineers, and
explosive ordnance detachments, must be added to the force in greater
numbers to meet the increased needs for these types of units in
operational theaters abroad. Rebalancing of the Army's force is needed
to ensure the Army has the proper capabilities to sustain operations
for promoting global and national security now and into the foreseeable
future.
In addition to this growth, the Army recognizes the need to
continue with initiatives to restructure its forces to implement the
standard modular unit configurations directed by the Quadrennial
Defense Review (QDR) in 2001 and 2006. Modularity is a critical
component of Army Transformation and the Army continues to implement
the QDR directive to standardize its units and their force structure.
This standardization of Army force structure will continue to improve
management and generate increased operational efficiencies within the
Army. Stationing actions supporting modularity will be evaluated and
considered in conjunction with stationing actions required to support
Army growth.........................................
